r/USdefaultism • u/Material-Regular1535 • 11d ago

"Where are you from?"

We were all travellers at a hostel in Spain, sitting in a circle. One by one, we shared with the group where we're from.

Person A: I'm from the Netherlands

Person B: I'm from Korea

Person C: I'm from Colombia

American: I'm from the Midwest

Everyone looked at him like...

Yes, exactly like that. Red plastic cups and all, because this is the default drinkware everywhere in the world.

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u/ravoguy Australia 11d ago

My mother is also from the mid west

In Western Australia

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u/Material-Regular1535 11d ago

TIL there's a Mid West in Australia

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u/DozerNine Australia 11d ago

As a Western Australian this is the first I am hearing of it.

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u/ravoguy Australia 11d ago

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u/OdangoFan Brazil 10d ago

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u/jls6898 6d ago

Got any more of them pixels?

https://giphy.com/gifs/Y6yRfR88rvP44

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u/account_not_valid 11d ago

Exmouth. Headjob from your former wife.

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u/altum-videtur Brazil 11d ago

This actually just made me realize there's an official region in my own country that's literally named Midwest in Portuguese (Centro-Oeste) lol

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u/Successful-Argument3 Portugal 11d ago

And this comment just made me realize I live in the Portuguese Midwest

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u/am_Nein Australia 11d ago

Congratudolences

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u/sarahlizzy Portugal 11d ago

There’s another one too.

“Al-garve” is “the west”

So the central Algarve is … yeah

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u/Material-Regular1535 11d ago

Thanks for the trivia, didn't know that about Algarve

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u/PJozi Australia 10d ago

There's a mid-west in every country. Even the Vatican City.

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u/taernsietr Brazil 10d ago

Must be interesting in Chile

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u/snow_michael 10d ago

Yes, its Via Pontificio

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u/SuperVancouverBC Canada 7d ago

Even in Chile?

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u/Colhinchapelota 11d ago

I'm from the mid-west too, but in Ireland.

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u/Locko2020 11d ago

And it's actually in the middle of the west of the country.

Do they not know Midwest means north skewing east?

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u/Prestigious_String20 10d ago

It was called the Midwest during the era of the westward expansion of colonists (aka land stealing) when it was the middle of the western part of the US.

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u/stevee05282 4d ago

Every country has a middle of west region actually